Originally posted by CoconutOK, I'll do your thinking for you:
no it won't fricken work with a housefan, but clearly fans can be used to propel things they are attached to.
Imagine a boat, bow (the front) to the left and stern(the back) to the right.
Put a HUGE fan from a Florida Everglades boat powered by a 2000 hp aircraft engine at the stern blowing towards the bow, right at a sail haging from a mast in the middle of the boat.
Turn it on.
Which way does the air go? From right to left. Which way does the boat want to go at first? The OPPOSITE way (remember Newton?) ie from left to right or backwards.
But, you have a SAIL catching the air from the fan and it tries to push the boat forwards!
So, you have your fan trying to move the boat backwards and the sail trying to go forwards.
Take a couple of oars.
Originally posted by mwmillerWould that work? Of course, I don't want to live in the Pacific Ocean, so I couldn't really do it, but we could get New York to move to one of the Great Lakes this way. I suppose I could get on a ship going to Japan.
I agree. But maybe instead we can make the day shorter.
Everyone go outside, face west, and run real hard. We will get it to spin faster and shorten the time from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Originally posted by Daemon SinYou want me to get up at 4 in the morning in order to jump up and down? I'd rather the whole world's ecosystem went tits up rather than have a good night's kip interrupted. However if you serve me breakfast in bed I will consider it.
Come one everyone! Only a few 100 million more jumpers needed!
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